Portable db

Hi,
I'm looking for a db program\language out there that would allow me to:
1. create a db that includes forms, reports, logic, etc (like an Access db)
2. put the db and the program code into a folder
3. copy the folder to any XP+ machine
4. see, use, modify, etc. the data using only the program files within the folder and without having to install anything on the machine
5. have a nice pretty gui for the user?

Basically I'm trying to find a totally portable (installs and runs from a single folder) db that has functionality equivalent to Access.

Thanks...

So you need something like MS Access to replace it?

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Originally Posted by rmiao

So you need something like MS Access to replace it?

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You almost got it, but you left out portable.

MS Access is not portable?

No. Portable apps run completely from one folder, a characteristic which make them suitable for putting on flash drives, hence referring to them as "portable".

Then I don't know what else has smaller foot print, maybe go back to dbase or so.

I did this before using MS-Access and VB.

a. create MS-Access DB
b. Use VB to create app on top of it. Its very easy to install vb app.
c. you can copy the setup files and the DB on to one folder and use it.

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Originally Posted by MAK

I did this before using MS-Access and VB.

a. create MS-Access DB
b. Use VB to create app on top of it. Its very easy to install vb app.
c. you can copy the setup files and the DB on to one folder and use it.

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Thanks MAK.
Please excuse my ignorance, but would this then allow the .mdb to function fully from the one folder, without any software being installed on the machine? In other words, could I take the folder (on a flash drive) to any Windows PC and, regardless of the software installed on that PC, access and run the db with all of its functionality?